The Virtue of the Month of Sha'ban and the Exaggeration of Fasting in It

Question:
We ask your permission, our honorable Shaykh, to take these questions that have reached us. Perhaps I will begin with this question from one of the listeners, who says: Does the month of Sha'ban have a special virtue? And did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) single it out for a specific deed? May Allah bless you.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, and all praise is due to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. The month of Sha'ban is the eighth month of the Hijri year. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke about it when Usamah ibn Zayd asked him. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have not seen you fast any month as much as you fast in Sha'ban?" He said: "That is a month that people overlook, meaning between Rajab and Ramadan, and it is the month in which deeds are raised to the Lord of the Worlds. So I love for my deeds to be raised while I am fasting." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast a lot in the month of Sha'ban, and fasting is among the best deeds with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So he (peace and blessings be upon him) loved for his deeds to be raised while he was fasting, as in his fasting on Mondays and Thursdays. And the Mother of the Believers, A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) So the Sunnah is to fast a lot in the month of Sha'ban, but not to fast it entirely.
As for the one who singles out the middle night of Sha'ban for fasting or for standing in prayer during that night, nothing has been reported regarding this. And the hadiths mentioned regarding the middle of Sha'ban are not authentic, because anything that is not established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is not permissible for a person to worship Allah with. Yes.